Australia

Canada has been slow to join the ranks of signatories to the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). There is a long list of developed, developing and least developed countries...

On November 2, 2007, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) issued its decision and reasons in Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. v. the President of the Canada Border Services Agency. This decision is not...

Canada's Globe & Mail newspaper reports today that on November 21, 2007, the Retail Council of Canada told a Parliamentary Committee that Canadian prices are higher because Canada imposes higher import tariffs on certain offshore...

On November 21, 2007, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) announced that it was conducting an investigation into the appropriateness of reducing or removing the customs duty on importations from all countries...

On November 21, 2007, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) published a decision it issued on November 2, 2007 and provided a corrigendum on November 15, 2007. In TPG Technology Consulting Limited v. Public Works...

An importer may find that the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) disagrees with their position on mixed fact and law issues, such as origin, tariff classification, value for duty and marking of imported goods. ...

On November 21, 2007, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) decided to conduct a bid challenge inquiry into a government procurement bid challenge filed by CMI Interlangues Inc. CMI Interlangues...

Canada's Globe & Mail reported that on November 19, 2007, Japan began fingerprinting foreigners entering the country. The measures are communicated to be based on an anti-terrorism policy. Hisashi Toshioka,...

In the near future, DHS will issue a solicitation for a small-scale pilot project intended to design and test the global information database known as GTX. GTX has been touted as a data warehouse which would be available to...

Against the backdrop of the hue and cry which arose when New York proposed issuing drivers’ licenses to immigrants, we know hear the Province of Ontario, Canada is prepared to start producing what is being described as an...

On November 14, 2007, Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Bernier announced that Canada would introduce new and tougher sanctions against Burma (Myanmar). Canada's new measures may be the more strict to date. The...

On November 13, 2007, in Canada, the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and the Leader of the Government in the Senate announced in the House of Commons the introduction of Bill C- 20 "An Act to provide...

The news reports today are that President Chavez of Venezuela is stating that "whatever has been privatized can be taken back, we can take it back". The context is that President Chavez is demanding an apology from King...

On October 26, 2007, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) issued an order for Public Works Government Services Canada (PWGSC) to pay Envoy Relocation Services (Envoy) $207,769.31 as bid preparation costs. On...

On November 5, 2007, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) notified C.B. Richard Ellis Quebec Ltd. (C.B. Richard Ellis) that the CITT was rejecting one of three government procurement bid challenges that it...